Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-24
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIEs.

Tom and Bill Duncan have both been
killed at their ranch near the Huachapi
mountains, Arizona.
There are no new cases of smallpox at
Los Angeles. Two cases reported on Mon
day turn out to be measles.
The road by the shortest route into the
Yosemite. via Raymond, is now open and
tourists are going to the valley.
Mayor Harrison, Of Chicago, says he
doesn't want to be Mayor again, on account
of the impending troubles with Anarchists.
A body has been found in the bay near
Vallejo, supposed to be that of Engineer
Wilson, who was lately drowned near Rio
Vista.
The Apache Indian who killed Lieuten-
ant Mott and wounded Frank Porter was
captured, and is now in the guard-house at
Tucson.
It is asserted on good authority that Mrs.
Langtry and Freddie Gebhardt will be mar
ried as soon as the legal impediments are
removed.
Lawrence Barrett has employed Robert
Ingersoll to sue the American Exchange in
London for 900 damages for malicious
prosecution.
It is reported that six persons were cap
CuIludy III COnDcCllOu Will lLC ICCSAl
plot to assassinate the Gar, and that they
were hanged Monday.
A severe snow-storm prevailed in Yer
mont Tuesday night. Three trains on the
Passumpsic Railroad are fast in the drift,
and other trains are blockaded.
While Senator Sherman was at hotel in
Birmingham, Ala, delegation of colored
citizens wanted to call on him, but were
not permitted by the landlord to do so.
Twenty horses started in the Lincoln
shire, Eng, handicap of 1000 sovereigns,
at the Lincoln spring meeting, yesterday.
Osborn won, Kenny second, lsobar third.
On the 9th of March an attempt was
made to upset the train carrying the Gar
and Czarina to s.. Petersburg on their re-
turn from a visit to Grand Duke Vladimir.
1t is stated that Secretary Whitney is in
the field as a candidate for Governor of
New York, and if Hill does not mend his
ways, will dispute the nomination with
him.
Work at the ruins of the Richmond Ho-
tel in Buffalo, was continued yesterday.
William Thompson, of Erie, and f d.
Johnson, of Toronto, reported missing in
the previous lists, are safe.
The police of st. Petersburg have dis
covered stores of dynamite and apparatus
for the manufacture of bombs in several
villas at Parglevos, a summer resort in the
suburbs of the Russian Capital.
Shafer, the New York lawyer who
threatened to pulverize editor Pulitzer, of
the World, was formerly Californian. He
was considered nearly a match for John G..
Heenan in the latter's palmiest days as
sparrer.
s. w. Adrian, of Minneapolis, has laid
claim to large amount of property in the
heart of the city, which he alleges was
decided to his father by an Indian chief
who died in 1854. The property is worth
S10,000,000.
Near Rio Vista few days ago. child
of Chris Brady, eight months old, was IA
tally wounded by Chinaman while the
latter was shooting at geese. The child
was in its aunts arms, and single shot
struck it in the head.
Four young men of the United States
schoo ship Saratoga were drowned in the
West Indies recently while out sailing.
They were: A. T. Cowie, Paymaster's
Clerk ]. Cakes, Jr., Apothecary v H.
Hesse, Armorer, and William Foster, Cox
swain.
Beecheris books, engravings, ceilings.
paintings, rugs ana Orlc-a-prdc WILL De Solu
at auction next fall. The library contains
about 10000 volumes. While be bought
many costly gems, he gave away most of
them, and those be left are worth, prob
ably, not more than $1,000. His farm, the
Boscobel, at Peekslin, which is for sale, is
valued al 100000.
The citizens of Hoquiam, Gray's Harbor,
Or, turned out Thursday evening and
tarred and feathered one C. Rhodes. who
lately came there with young wife. He
was too lazy to work and lacked the nerve
to steal, and attempted TO barter the virtue
of his wife in so barefaced manner that it
was deemed proper TO give him lesson.
That night he took the trail for Aberdeen,
and was last heard of at Montesano.